Verdict: pick T3 Code if you want free, open source, and every platform including Linux and Android, and you are running your own subscriptions with nobody to report to. Pick Conductor if you are Mac-only and the unmet need is cloud workspaces, live multiplayer, an admin portal, or SAML SSO and SCIM, which it publishes at Enterprise and T3 Code has no equivalent for. Conductor is Free at $0, Pro at $50 a month, Teams at $60 per user per month, and Enterprise on request. Continuum is the third option when cross-platform reach and spend visibility both matter.
- Same core loop: parallel agents, isolated workspaces, diffs, pull requests. This comparison is real.
- T3 Code runs on six platforms including Linux and Android. Conductor is macOS only.
- T3 Code drives five providers. Conductor drives Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
- Conductor Pro at $50/mo buys cloud workspaces, multiplayer, an API, and the mobile app. T3 Code has no paid tier.
- Conductor Enterprise publishes SAML SSO and SCIM. That is the clearest capability gap between the two.
- Neither surfaces what your subscriptions actually cost. That is the gap the third option on this page fills.
The matrix
Both products start from the same premise: one agent at a time wastes the agent, several agents at a time wastes your afternoon unless something keeps them apart. Both answer with an isolated workspace per session and a review surface attached. From there they diverge on reach, business model, and how far along the team story is.
| Criterion | T3 Code | Conductor | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| License | MIT, open source | Proprietary | T3 Code |
| Desktop platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS only | T3 Code |
| Mobile | iOS and Android | Mobile app on paid tiers | T3 Code |
| Web app | Yes | Not the primary surface | T3 Code |
| Agents supported | Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Grok Build, OpenCode | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor | T3 Code |
| Isolation model | Worktree and branch per thread | Isolated workspace per agent | Tie |
| Cloud workspaces | No | Yes, on paid tiers | Conductor |
| Live multiplayer | No | Yes, on paid tiers | Conductor |
| Admin portal and centralized billing | No | Teams tier | Conductor |
| SAML SSO and SCIM | No | Enterprise tier | Conductor |
| Spend or quota visibility | No | No | Neither |
| Entry price | $0 forever | $0 free tier | Tie |
| Paid ladder | None | $50/mo, then $60 per user per month | Depends on need |
| Maturity signal | v0.0.34, nightly builds | Commercially supported | Conductor |
Where Conductor is genuinely ahead
Three things, and they are worth real money to the right team.
Cloud workspaces. Pro at $50 a month includes Conductor Cloud with workspace hours, so agent work can run somewhere that is not your laptop. Conductor states there is no additional fee for cloud compute today, with usage-based pricing planned. For a team that wants delegated runs to survive a closed lid without standing up its own remote host, this is the cleanest path in the category.
Live collaboration. Multiplayer on Pro, and live collaboration for teams of any size on Teams at $60 per user per month, with an admin portal and centralized billing. Two people watching one workspace together is a capability neither T3 Code nor most of the field has.
Identity and procurement. Enterprise adds a data processing agreement, purchase-order billing, SAML SSO, SCIM, custom security and privacy settings, an SLA, and dedicated support. If your security review has a checklist, this is the only product in this comparison that answers it as published capability rather than a conversation.
Where T3 Code is genuinely ahead
Also three, and for a lot of developers they win outright.
Reach. macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and web. A Linux developer cannot use Conductor at all, and that is not a small population in this category. The Android client is rarer still: most of the field treats mobile as an iOS-only viewer.
Price and license. Free, MIT, and forkable. Not "free tier with the good parts behind $50 a month", but free. If Conductor's cloud and collaboration features are not features you would use, its paid ladder is buying you nothing you need, and its free tier is a narrower product than T3 Code's whole product.
Provider breadth. Five agent CLIs against three. Grok Build and OpenCode are the two Conductor does not carry, and OpenCode in particular is a meaningful omission if you want access to a wide model catalogue or local models. See the T3 Code and OpenCode comparison for what that provider brings.
The counterweight, stated fairly: T3 Code is at v0.0.34 on a nightly release cadence and says openly that it is very early and to expect bugs. Roughly 19,700 GitHub stars is evidence of enthusiasm, not of a support contract. Conductor is a commercial product with a company answering the phone at the top tier. Which of those matters more depends entirely on whether you are the person who gets paged when it breaks.
The third option: Continuum
This head-to-head has a shape neither product resolves: you have to choose between cross-platform reach and a team story. T3 Code gives you the first and none of the second. Conductor gives you the second and drops Linux, Windows, and Android to do it. Continuum is worth a look precisely because it refuses that trade.
It runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok, and OpenCode in isolated worktrees, free on the subscriptions and keys you already hold, with a real macOS app plus iPhone app, and a web client that also ships as the Windows and Linux desktop app. So the reach is closer to T3 Code's than to Conductor's, while the account model is closer to Conductor's than to T3 Code's.
It also fills the row where both products on this page said no. Live five-hour and weekly quota gauges per provider, spend attributed by repository, and multiple subscriptions of the same provider kept config-isolated with a gauge each, so a personal Claude plan and a work Claude plan never quietly pay for each other. The organization tier starts from $25 per member per month and adds model allowlists that resolve organization then team then member, weekly caps per person and per team with one-click approval when somebody asks for more, and a ledger showing who ran what, on which model, under whose policy, and what it cost.
The candid comparison against Conductor specifically, because this is the page where it matters most: Conductor Enterprise publishes SAML SSO and SCIM, and Continuum does not federate an external identity provider today. Sign-in and invitations run on WorkOS AuthKit with Google and Apple login. If SSO is a procurement gate rather than a preference, Conductor is ahead and no amount of spend instrumentation changes that. Continuum is also not open source, so the fork-it option that makes T3 Code safe to build on is not available here either.
| If the deciding factor is | Pick |
|---|---|
| Free, MIT, and every platform | T3 Code |
| Cloud workspaces without running your own host | Conductor |
| Two people in one workspace, live | Conductor |
| SAML SSO and SCIM as a hard gate | Conductor Enterprise |
| Linux or Android developers on the team | T3 Code or Continuum |
| Knowing what the week cost, per repo and per person | Continuum |
| Model policy and weekly caps with approvals | Continuum organization tier |
| Native Mac, iPhone rather than Electron | Continuum |
Questions people ask
Is Conductor worth $50 a month over free T3 Code?
Only if you use the cloud half. Pro buys Conductor Cloud workspace hours, multiplayer, the API, and the mobile app. If your agents run on your own laptop and you work alone, T3 Code does the same core job for nothing across more platforms.
Does Conductor run on Windows or Linux?
No. Conductor is macOS only. T3 Code has desktop clients for macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus iOS, Android, and web, which is usually the deciding factor when a team is not uniformly on Macs.
Which supports more agents?
T3 Code, with five: Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Grok Build, and OpenCode. Conductor runs Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Both require you to install and authenticate each CLI yourself.
Does either show me what my agents cost?
No. Neither sits in the billing relationship, so neither can report spend or remaining quota. Cost stays in each provider's own dashboard. If you need one number, you need a product that instruments it, which is why Continuum appears on this page.
Which has SSO?
Conductor, at its Enterprise tier, which publishes SAML SSO and SCIM alongside a DPA, PO billing, an SLA, and dedicated support. T3 Code has no paid product and therefore no SSO. Continuum has organization roles and policy but does not federate an external identity provider today.
Is T3 Code stable enough to replace Conductor for a team?
That depends on your tolerance. T3 Code is at v0.0.34 with nightly builds and states plainly that it is early. Conductor is a commercial product with support at the top tier. For an individual the risk is a bad afternoon; for a team standardizing on one surface it is worth weighing deliberately.
Can I try both at once?
Yes, on a Mac. Both drive the same agent CLIs under the same logins, so the fair test is the same three tasks in each, run at three concurrent sessions, ending with a review of the diffs. Give each board its own worktrees so they do not race on a branch.
Sources
Every figure above was read from these pages on August 2026. Vendors reprice without notice; if you find a stale number, tell us.